hello. this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines: a set—back for donald trump asjudges refuse to immediately reverse a suspension to his controversial travel ban on people from seven countries. a scathing report into the way britain's train system is organised — mps say it lets down passengers and isn't "fit for purpose". the race to become france's new president heats up as a former economy minister launches his campaign — national front leader marine le pen will begin her bid later. ministers pledge more affordable homes will be built in england specifically to tackle the high cost of renting. coming up in a few minutes our sunday morning edition of the papers. this morning's reviewers are journalist james rampton and dave wooding, political editor for the sun on sunday. before the papers, sport —

and, for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's holly hamilton. good morning. defending six nations champions england beat france by 19 points to 16 at twickenham. head coach eddie jones said his side won ugly, and admitted there was work to do ahead of their next match against wales. meanwhile, scotland beat ireland 27—22 in their opening match of the campaign at murrayfield, as andy swiss reports. as curtain—raisers go, it'll take some beating. the blossoming of the flower of scotland. against an ireland side many had tipped for the title, they raced out of the blocks. two tries from the twinkling toes of stuart hogg. two chances, two scores... ireland responded in equally fleet—footed style. keith earls charging over. but scotland had brains as well as brawn. what was centre alex dunbar doing at a line—out?

well, this, and they led 21—5. come the second half, ireland reeled them in. when paddy jackson's try edged the visitors ahead, there seemed only one winner. but two nerveless penalties from greg laidlaw saw scotland home. the first time in 11 years they've won their opening match. could it be the start of something special? england, meanwhile, were looking to look continue something special — a iii—match winning streak. but what followed against france was not exactly pretty. this tackle earning johnny may a spell in the sin bin. 9—9 at the break, england was strangely stuttering. elliot daly thought he'd snuck over. watch that left boot — just in touch. it was that sort of day. and it soon got a whole lot worse. rabah slimani rumbling over — france in front. with just ten minutes left, replacement ben teo‘o came to england's rescue. their 15th victory in a row, a new record for them. but this was a lesson

in winning ugly. you could almost sense the relief among those england players and the england fans here at twickenham. their six nations campaign is off to a winning start, but onlyjust. andy swiss, bbc news, twickenham. the final game of the opening weekend takes place in rome this afternoon when italy face wales. it gets underway at 2pm with commentary on 5 live and highlights later on on bbc two. the women's six nations has also started this weekend. straight after england's win at twickenham, the english women did the same. they came from 13—0 down at half—time to win 26—13. amy wilson—hardy's late try sealed it for the home side. wales women got their campaign off to a winning start. they beat italy 20—8. captain carys phillips secured the 12—point lead

in the final 10 minutes. they face england next saturday. there's no change at the top of the premier league — chelsea are still nine points clear after beating arsenal 3—1. at the bottom of the table there were impressive wins for both hull city and sunderland. ben croucher reports. the premier league plaudits reserved from one team in west london. chelsea continue to cry "catch us if you can." after defeat against arsenal earlier in the season, chelsea were keen to prove they're the dominant force in english football. the force of marcos alonso angered arsenal's manager. their defending thereafter won't have pleased him either. 3—1 it finished, another home win, a familiar feeling for chelsea fans. arsenal's season, from one fan's reaction, feels familiar too. chelsea went 12 points clear. that is until tottenham hosted middlesborough. a harry kane penalty was enough to close the gap to nine. handsha kes all round. heads scratch for liverpool. still winless in the league this

year after a 2—0 defeat at struggling hull city. it can be a fun game when you win, but lonely when you lose. commentator: well, that tells the story. as the gaps grow in the top four, just two points separate the bottom six. sam allardyce was all smiles leading crystal palace against old side sunderland. 90 minutes later, the mood at selhurst park was decidedly different. mainly because sunderland, bottom—of—the—table sunderland, ran riot in the first half. commentator: 4—0 sunderland, incredible! incredible for one set of fans. the other were less than impressed. they come to support the club. it's not very often they get much stick, and they deserved the booing they got today. i'll have to apologise for them first on what the first half performance was like. two months ago, west ham were in that dog fight — they're now up into the top half thanks to their 3—1

win at southampton. 28 goals in total yesterday, nine goals alone at goodison park. where everton beat bournemouth 6—3. there was only 30 seconds before the first one. ross barkley completed the entertainment, complete with the celebrate—before—you—score routine. in the day's other matches watford beat burnley 2—1. and west brom had a 1—0 win over stoke at the hawthorns. today manchester city play swansea city and manchester united are at champions leicester. in the scottish premiership, rangers slipped to third after being held to a 1—1 draw against ross county. meanwhile at fir park, hearts overcame 10—man motherwell 3—0. esmael goncalves scored twice, his first goals for the club. elsewhere aberdeen beat patrick thistle 2—0 to move up to second in the table. leaders celtic move 27 points clear if they beat stjohnstone later today. great britain have taken a 2—1 lead in their davis cup tie against canada after winning yesterday's doubles. jamie murray and dom inglot beat

daniel nestor and vashek pospisil in four sets in ottawa. dan evans could also clinch a tie in the first singles rubber of this afternoon. the winners face france in the quarter—finals. it's been a good weekend for british athletes in germany. laura muir has continued her recent record—breaking form by setting a european 3000m indoor record in karlsruhe. muir broke the british indoor 5000m indoor record in glasgow last month, and took kelly holmes' british 1500m record outdoors last july. sprinter dina asher—smith and hurdler andrew pozzi also set world—leading times. the european indoor championships takes place next month in serbia. that's all the sport. now on bbc news, here's the papers. hello and welcome to our look

at what the the papers will be bringing us today. with me are journalist james rampton and dave wooding, political editor for the sun on sunday. good to have the birds looking through the papers with us. let's have a look at the front pages. the front page of the sunday telegraph. the paper leads on the government's £60 million investigation into historic allegations of abuse in iraq, the paper says it understands that mps are due to conclude that it's unfit for purpose. the observer reports that theresa may's government is going to make a major shift in housing policy away from promoting home ownership and towards better deals for people renting properties. donald trump appears to have found a new ally in the shape of the former archbishop of canterbury, george carey is quoted in the sunday express as hitting out at the ‘hysterical‘ overreactions of the president's critics. the sunday times has investigated

what it calls ‘deficiencies' in defence procurement, including ships so noisy that russian submarines can hear them 100 miles away. the photograph is of england player ben te'o celebrating victory over france in the six nations rugby. finally, the mail on sunday's headline is a story about the former ukip leader nigel farage, and how he is sharing a £4 million property in west london with his friend, a french politician. let's talk about the former archbishop of canterbury defending donald trump, donald trump again in the news in the last few minutes of course because a court in the united states has put a block again on his appeal on the travel ban, a federal appeals court denying thejustice

department's request for a reinstatement of the travel ban. but the former archbishop of canterbury saying critics have been too hysterical. yes, i think this is to terrific extort —— terrific story from the sunday express, he said critics have had an hysterical overreaction and it is characteristic of those who consider themselves progressive to reserve condemnation for america and ignore much greater evildoers. i think that is an interesting line to take, also the fact that trump said he would give priority to christian migrants from some of the middle eastern countries, that has played well with cary, but another religious leader, cardinal vincent nichols, has said tory political leadership does not play the fear card and that is a really good line, that when we are in the grip of what seems to be a constitutional crisis in the us, this backwards and forwards between the different courts, and the fear

of what trump is going to do, protest everywhere, i think it is scary and don't think it is an hysterical overreaction to what the leader of the free world could do. hysterical overreaction to what the leader of the free world could dolj think leader of the free world could do.” think what mr carey is doing here is trying to calm down the hyperbole, people are using the word fascist, let's get it straight from a user to fascist, he is democratically elected, and he is not a dictator either because the courts are holding him to account. although he was criticised for criticising the judge went against him. the so—called judge! some people in america saying that is undermining the independence of the american judiciary. the judiciary not quite as independent as ours because they are politically appointed, we the same business with the brexit boat when some members of government

criticised the media as well for criticising... what george carey is saying is, let'sjust calm down the language little bit, yes he is not an ideal president, but there are worse people around. he recalls how, when he was archbishop of canterbury, he was asked to supper with some rather odious people like robert mugabe, he mentions north korea, sudan, assad, other people... but we are talking about the leader of the free world here so we should not put him in the same bracket as those people? absolutely not but there is a greater point here, people taking to the streets about donald trump tend to be people of the left, you don't see them taking to the street about the president of hungary who was criticised and built a wall of his own against immigrants, and rehab slovakia, similar outspoken... but we are just a few days into the trump presidency

and we have this legal battle starting to unravel on this travel ban between the president and the courts. what strikes me is how cataclysmic it appears, after only two weeks, it seems there is almost a massive culture war going on in the us, and resonating throughout the us, and resonating throughout the world. when you have chuck schumer, the democrat minority leader in the house, in tears talking about the travel ban, the long serving democrat saying he has served with every president since forward and have never seen such catastrophic... donald trump said they were fake tears. yes, he said, i must consult his acting coach, typically insulting comment in my view. this week we were talking about going down the rabbit hole and coming out at alice's tea party, thatis coming out at alice's tea party, that is what i feel we are going through with trump at the moment. lord carey also talks about the considerable list of goods who have

served as president, some of whom railed against bids to outlaw slavery back in the day. well, he is not wrong there! we will not go too far into the american history! john adams was terrible! he wasn't, actually! the observer, a story about a shift in conservative housing policy in favour of people who rent, this is potentially significant? yes, as they point out in the headline it is a break from the thatcher homes revolution when she famously in the 19805 gave the right to buy the council house tenants. what theresa may seems to be focusing on with this new policy which will be unveiled on tuesday is generation rent, she is going to try to bring down rent. reading the details, not

quite clear how she's going to do it, she is having consultations with re ntal it, she is having consultations with rental organisations and at the same time trying to flood the market with more affordable rental homes to bring down the cost of rent. in a sense, the conservatives have been forced into that because young people just cannot afford to buy.” have got three daughters approaching the age when they want to leave home and get wood of their parents! if they live in london, how can they possibly afford the rent on starting salaries? it is impossible. it is interesting that theresa may is breaking the thatcherite credo. i rememberfootage of breaking the thatcherite credo. i remember footage of mrs thatcher having a cup of tea in the first —— with the first council house owners who had bought the house from the state, said this is a massive philosophical shift, state, said this is a massive philosophicalshift, but she state, said this is a massive philosophical shift, but she has got to build 250,000 new houses a year to build 250,000 new houses a year to meet the target. bringing down re nt to meet the target. bringing down rent isa to meet the target. bringing down rent is a good thing which will affect lots of people. the

underlying problem of homeownership is the numberof underlying problem of homeownership is the number of people owning homes has fallen dramatically since 2010, 380 2000 fewer couples with children i'iow 380 2000 fewer couples with children now own their own home and that, when we are trying to build a home owning democracy, is important. when we are trying to build a home owning democracy, is importantm other european countries, home only is not such a big deal, people take for granted the fact they will maybe read all their lives. in germany it is given that you will do that. we have this old—fashioned phrase that an englishman's home is his castle andi an englishman's home is his castle and i think we do believe we are a property owning democracy, but it is a market as well and if you are priced out of the market, as theresa may is discovering, you have to find a way around that. enabled the younger generation who you want to work to be able to live in unaffordable house. let's go to the mail on sunday, nigel farage and some salacious allegations about him that we may not go into too much

detail on! do we know any good libel lawyers? he has gone from politics but haven't gone, in a sense. he is a colourful character, always good value and everything he does is looked at quite closely. he was asked by the mail on sunday a few weeks ago whether he had left his wife and said, no, we bumble along like any other couple, and now it appears he has a political friend, a bit younger than him, staying in the £4 million bachelor pad where he spends his weekdays. he has insisted she is a friend who is staying there purely because she has nowhere else to stay at the moment, but she was involved in this funding issue which was dealt by the european union some other time. let's move the sunday times, huge gaps in british defences, all to do with defence

procurement, allegations about some of our submarines which are rather noisy, apparently, the russians can hear them from 100 miles away!” think this is a great story, it makes the mod look a bit like the comedy of errors, in a way. russian submarines can hear these clunky ships which sound like a box of spanners underwater from 100 ships which sound like a box of spanners underwaterfrom100 miles away, and they are costing billions of pounds. there are also things about the front—line tanks that have been too polite and can't fit properly into the transporters. it is absolutely absurd that they didn't check these things before. and after all, it is our money, isn't it, and it seems ms blue—eyed thing, oh, if this takes nine years and we have to reduce the size of the av -- and we have to reduce the size of the av —— the navy or the air force, it doesn't matter, but it does, the

mod is one of the biggest spending departments. they are staggering sums in terms of their procurement budget, billions and billions of pounds. the last labour government ran into difficulty with the overspend of the budget. £1.2 billion worth of drones which have not been used yet because they don't work. these armoured vehicles which are faulty. one of the people interviewed here talks about how in submarines they were sticking with wooden wedges in the hatch to stop it rattling so it could not be heard by russian submarines. he said that was a very good way of sorting the problem out! it seems very heath robinson. the mod apparently as justified these noisy ships by saying, when they were ordered x yea rs saying, when they were ordered x years ago, we did not think we had the cold war again, but, hello, ukraine, increasing influence in syria, it is very much a cold war

back on the agenda. so you think it matters if the russian submarines can hearourships? matters if the russian submarines can hear our ships? i do, because they have this new ship called the black hole which is absolutely terrifying, you cannot hear it coming, it is like harry potter and an invisible cloak, he is there and has got you before you can see him! i thought that was the idea of submarines?! it is, but the mod have not worked that out! they have, but the russians have leapt ahead with their technology. the sunday telegraph, the government's £60 billion investigation into those allegations of abuse in iraq has been unfit for purpose according to a parliamentary inquiry. all the expected conclusion of a parliamentary inquiry. does that surprise you? no, it is the league ofan inquiry surprise you? no, it is the league of an inquiry due to come out shortly, it comes in the wake of phil shiner, the lawyer who was struck off last week, i think he

claimed £1.6 million in fees using legal aid to drum up false allegations against our service men and women serving in iraq, and it i'iow and women serving in iraq, and it now seems that he was being funded to the tune of £200,000 to his legal firm and £110,000 i think it was wedged to this iraqi fixer who went around drumming up business. some of the british soldiers in the frame for this have spoken movingly about the stress it has put them under, often already suffering various kinds of post—traumatic stress a nyway kinds of post—traumatic stress anyway and then the stress of the legal battles... absolutely, i do think that the word witch hunt is strong but i think it is justified in this case. shiner launched nearly 2500 criminal complaint against troops and so far there have been no

successful prosecutions in seven yea rs. successful prosecutions in seven years. that is an extraordinary failure rate and it does raise questions about why the mod actually funded him and his agents to mount what may well be a witchhunt and has caused very, very unnecessary degrees of stress. it is quite right if it is going to be so strong attacking the mod for doing that. the press have campaigned quite happily on this, on behalf of british soldiers, saying they have been unfairly, had a witchhunt against them. the mod have said that they take the way our troops behave in theatre seriously because we are a civilised country and we look at these things. the problem is it has dragged on too long, it has been on an industrial scale, and like you, i have been out on these operations and they are very professional, by and they are very professional, by and large. what some of them were saying, i was hearing in interviews last week, that commanders make them think twice about the decisions they make in the heat of battle, trying

to second—guess what kind of legal consequences they might face. to second—guess what kind of legal consequences they might facem to second—guess what kind of legal consequences they might face. it is like doctors now thinking twice about taking certain procedures because they are worried about legal action. i would say it is absolutely right that we do take action when there is evidence of wrongdoing, like in the baha moussa case, the hotel receptionist who was beaten to death, quite right that people were brought up about that. it is what distinguishes us from the terrorists, the fact that we have a rule of law that we adhere to, we don't behead people we disagree with, they go through due process andi with, they go through due process and i think it is right that we do that, but this seems to have gone over the top. speaking of rules, dave, there are certain rules to be observed will be talked about chocolate bars, which i know is a subject close to your heart! a p pa re ntly subject close to your heart! apparently they are shrinking by credible event in a war on sugar? this is the next tabloid campaign! they will cut the size of bars by

20%, i they will cut the size of bars by 20%, lam they will cut the size of bars by 20%, i am surprised they have not blamed it on brexit. when all is said and done people said those who voted brexit were fruit and nut cases! but will they cut the cost of the bar by 20%? i think that is unlikely. in which case we are all being diddled. i think this is a huge scandal, the manufacturers have said, and! huge scandal, the manufacturers have said, and i apologise to people having breakfast, they have not been able to do this before because the artificial sweeteners have an u nfortu nate effect on artificial sweeteners have an unfortunate effect on your stomach. god forbid chocolate causes harm because it is one of the best parts of life! i don't think we have only now, it is a little bit early! thank you bob, that is the papers for now, and we will take a look at tomorrow's print pages every evening at10:40pm tomorrow's print pages every evening at 10:40pm here on bbc news. good morning, sunday is off to a

frosty start for some others, i see in some spots and foggy as well, at misty sunrise view from norfolk this morning, we have had thick fog patches as well, for example this from staffordshire has come in this morning. another area of low pressure bringing wet and windy weather into france from iberia, it may push rain into south—east england for a time today. here is a look at things as we go on through today, and narrow band of rain, a bit of snow to the top of the hills, gradually adding northwards to scotland, but things should start to get brighter this afternoon. on the other side of this band of damp weather in scotland, we see a bit of sunshine where we started the day with patchy rain in northern england it will turn try and brighter into

this afternoon. cold, icy start in northern ireland, sunny spells to come. for much of england and wales it is looking dry, maybe a few fog patches, slow to clear, chance for a few showers on the south coast and the rain pushing to parts of south—east england. between sussex and kent, quite heavy, it may fringe into the london area for a time. heavy showers possible in the six nations this afternoon, wales in action in italy. here is our weather into this evening, wet to the far south—east of england, that clears away, wet weather in scotland will fade and what we are left with overnight is a lot of dry weather to come with widespread frost setting in. some freezing fog patches, could be a slow start to your journey on monday, scraping the eyes of the car, things slowing down in the fog. sunshine for a time before it clouds over on the eastern side, thicker

cloud to the west of the uk quite quickly on monday, outbreaks of rain moving in, strengthening wind, gales developing, and miserable afternoon but it will feel cold in the wind and in any sunshine that pops through to the east as well. the rain moves east overnight, some snow for the peak district northwards on the hills, the weather system grinds toa the hills, the weather system grinds to a halt across the east on tuesday, in the west it brightens up, then later this week all eyes on a change to an easterly wind, feeling cold, especially in the wind, with an increasing chance of snow. this is bbc news. the headlines at 10am: a setback for donald trump as an appeal court denies his emergency appeal against a suspension of his controversial travel ban on people from seven countries. a scathing report into

the way britain's train system is organised — mps says it lets down passengers and isn't fit for purpose. the race to become france's new president heats up as a former economy minister launches his campaign. national front leader marine le pen will begin her bid later. a father from scarborough who has motor neurone disease becomes the first person to use a computer—generated voice with a regional accent in a bid to keep his identity.